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Definition of Mostwhat
1. adv. For the most part.
Definition of Mostwhat
1. Adverb. (obsolete) mostly; for the most part ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mostwhat
1. mostly [adv] - See also: mostly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mostwhat
Literary usage of Mostwhat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Positions by Richard Mulcaster, Robert Hebert Quick (1888)
"... the diligent scholer in great strength of soule, beares mostwhat about him,
but a feeble, weake, and a sickish bodie. Wherefore to haue the care equally ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... Service made and used by the English at Geneva,—which was mostwhat taken out
of the French Book of Calvin. The milder Nonconformists could not join with ..."
3. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1841)
"The sins of lust are well set out in old corrupt leaven, for BO they end, mostwhat
in corruption and rottenness. The sin of malice likewise. ..."